Cigar Wrappers A-Z
Wrappers A-Z: Colorado
Illusione ~hl~ Holy Lance Colorado (in the middle), surrounded by the Candela (left) and Maduro (right). Photo credit:…
April 11, 2024
Wrappers A-Z: Maduro
“Maduro” is a Spanish adjective meaning “ripe”. By the loosest definition, a wrapper leaf is a maduro if…
April 11, 2024
Wrappers A-Z: Sumatra
Sumatra – this is where it gets complicated for me. Sumatra is a sub-species of “Black Tobacco”, the…
April 11, 2024
Wrappers A-Z: Mata Fina
The Mata Fina wrapper, named after where it is grown, is a reference to one of the four…
April 11, 2024
Wrappers A-Z: Candela
This is one wrapper that is actually in reality both a color and a type of wrapper. Almost…
April 11, 2024
Wrappers A-Z: Brazilian
Chances are when you think of Brazil, you think of the Amazon rainforest. The rainforest doesn’t cover the…
April 11, 2024
Wrappers A-Z: Cameroon
The Cameroon is my personal favorite non-Cuban wrapper, long regarded by many as the best wrapper leaf outside…
April 10, 2024
Common Tobacco Strains
Before I delve into cigar wrapper types, I wanted to give a quick overview of cigar tobacco in…
April 10, 2024
Wrappers A-Z: El Corojo
Prior to the Corojo ’98 or ’99 varietals, this was the plant used for wrappers in Cuba. Historically,…
April 10, 2024